Re: [PATCH 0/2] Fixes for the mcp2221 gpiochip get_* calls

From: Louis Morhet
Date: Thu Apr 13 2023 - 12:46:18 EST


On Thu, Apr 13, 2023 at 04:49:13PM +0200, Benjamin Tissoires wrote:
> As you should have seen in the automatic replied, I took that series in
> because it seems to fix a rather worrying bug.
Thanks!

> Also, just a side note, this driver is very limited in term of scope, as
> it only touches one dedicated device. Which means that whatever solution
> feels the more elegant to you has a good chance of being accepted :)
Well, using a struct to describe the layout of a message seems more
elegant; but if I'm not mistaken, taking offsets of fields in a packed
struct is UB... so I was surprised to even see that in Linux, that's why
I was wondering if I should pursue in that direction.


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Louis